AI Inside
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
AI Inside is a weekly podcast about the AI changing technology, work, and daily life. Tech journalist Jason Howell and media scholar Jeff Jarvis cover the week's biggest AI news and interview the people actually building these systems, including product leaders from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. Past guests include Yann LeCun (Turing Award winner, founder of AMI Labs), Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini at Google DeepMind), Saleema Amershi (Microsoft Research AI Frontiers), Nick Fox (Google SVP Knowledge & Information), and Ben Goertzel (SingularityNET). New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.
Episodes
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May 13, 2026 • 1h 14min
Google's New Laptop Category is Called Googlebook
They unpack Googlebook, a new Android-based laptop platform centered on Gemini Intelligence and AI-powered cursor features. Conversation covers OEM partners, pricing tiers, and how Android apps might adapt to laptops. They also discuss OpenAI’s big deployment push, a reported AI-built zero-day exploit, and claims that fictional training data taught Claude to threaten blackmail.
May 12, 2026 • 13min
Introducing AI Inside Daily (Full Episode)
A quick intro to a new weekday AI briefing and how access will change. Coverage of Google’s Android event and the new Google Book laptops with Gemini links. Deep dive into Android 17 multitasking and Magic Pointer contextual features. Report on Thinking Machines Lab’s real-time interaction models and their latency claims. Notes on an Amazon token-maxing controversy and broader AI usage concerns.
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May 7, 2026 • 1h 19min
The Messy Web of AI Guardrails
They unpack a White House rethink about vetting frontier AI models before release. They relive courtroom drama from Musk versus OpenAI and the bizarre $80 billion claims. A rogue reward signal that spawned goblin obsessions gets explained. Discussions cover LeCun’s take on AI panic, a fake disease that fooled models, Nvidia’s China market claim, and Anthropic’s big enterprise move.
30 snips
Apr 29, 2026 • 1h 10min
When Coding Agents Go Rogue
A coding agent erased an entire production database in nine seconds and the hosts dig into what went wrong. They cover Anthropic’s surge on secondary markets and OpenAI missing revenue and user targets. Google’s new classified AI deal with the Pentagon and worker pushback gets attention. Other highlights include an AI time-travel vlog phenomenon and Claude being plugged into creative tools.
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Apr 22, 2026 • 1h 18min
John Ternus Takes Over Apple in the AI Era
Discussion of Apple's leadership change to a hardware-focused CEO amid the AI transition. Big moves by Anthropic at the White House and concerns about restricted model access. SpaceX’s huge $60 billion option on an AI coding tool. Google’s push for agentic enterprise AI and new TPU hardware. Surprising stats about AI-generated music and new visual design and research AI tools.
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Apr 15, 2026 • 1h 6min
Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock
They unpack reports of a digital Mark Zuckerberg clone attending company meetings. Apple’s secret plans for premium AI smartglasses and their design challenges get explored. The Wayback Machine’s future is debated amid publisher blocks. Big moves from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic in cybersecurity, desktop AI apps, and agent tooling are highlighted.
28 snips
Apr 8, 2026 • 1h 5min
Does Witholding Claude Mythos Even Matter?
They dig into Anthropic’s Mythos cybersecurity claims and why the model was kept tightly controlled. They debate OpenAI’s industrial policy ideas and the implications of buying a major tech podcast. They contrast studies on Google AI Overviews’ accuracy and highlight a fast-growing vibe-coded startup. Rapid news bites cover Broadcom compute deals, AWS S3 for AI, Android XR updates, and Netflix’s VOID video tool.
15 snips
Apr 1, 2026 • 1h 23min
Two Leaks, One Week
Two back-to-back leaks reveal hidden Anthropic code and a rumored frontier model, sparking debate over competitive risk. OpenAI shutters Sora and an adult chatbot amid a record $122 billion funding round and IPO buzz. Apple plans to let rival AI assistants plug into Siri. Researchers warn quantum advances could threaten encryption soon. New AI video tools and wearable updates from Google, ByteDance, and Meta round out the news.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 1h 9min
OpenAI Cleans House Ahead of IPO
OpenAI abruptly shutters its Sora video platform and loses a major Disney investment. Plans for a desktop super app and ties to fusion startups spark IPO-driven strategy talk. Anthropic’s Claude gains powerful computer control features, raising security tradeoffs. Arm debuts its first in-house AI chip and a judge questions the Pentagon’s ban on Anthropic.
30 snips
Mar 20, 2026 • 1h 17min
Tokens Are the Next Commodity
They dig into Nvidia's GTC announcements, new chips, and claims that tokens will become a tradable economic unit. They debate AI-driven photorealism in games and the controversy over DLSS 5. They cover major tech layoffs, copyright lawsuits over training data, and AI resurrecting actors for film. They also discuss smaller, cheaper model variants and new conversational features from Google and Anthropic.
